On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:36:28 -0500
"jharvell+lists.bri...@dogpad.net" <jharvell+lists.bri...@dogpad.net> wrote:

> I tried to bridge a wireless interface to a wired Ethernet interface,
> and it failed with "Operation not supported."
> 
> Looking at the kernel code, it seems like this is intentional.  I
> noticed the following in br_add_if:
> 
>         /* No bridging devices that dislike that (e.g. wireless) */
>         if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_DONT_BRIDGE)
>                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> 
> I'm curious to know why this is not supported.

See discussion on netdev. Basically without some form of MAC spoofing
(NAT at level 2); it is not possible to bridge in station mode.

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